Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes


Don’t ever ask a barber if you need a haircut.


Context

The general principle applies to politicians consulting various experts in different ways.


Citations

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Mathematician & Risk Analyst, Quoted on Al Jazeera, AJ Stream, January 4, 2013

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Born:
  • Nationality: Lebanese, American
  • Profession: Scientist

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (/ˈtɑːləb/; alternatively Nessim or Nissim; born 1960) is a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, mathematical statistician, and former option trader and risk analyst, whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. His 2007 book The Black Swan has been described by The Sunday Times as one of the twelve most influential books since World War II.